California, Humboldt County
Where Arcata's records are kept. Arcata has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Arcata's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Humboldt County offices are on our Humboldt County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The California Department of Justice sends people a copy of their own state criminal history to review: Live Scan or card fingerprints and a $25 fee are required, and third party requests are refused.
Open official site California DOJ Request Your Own Criminal RecordProperty records
Oversees how California's 58 county assessors apply property tax law, audits their practices, certifies appraisers and itself assesses utility and railroad property and pipelines spanning two or more counties.
Open official site California State Board of Equalization Property Tax DepartmentState records
The Secretary of State's archives holds over 105,000 cubic feet of California government records, maps and photographs, described in its Minerva catalog, including court, legislative, land grant and family history collections.
Open official site California State Archives CollectionsCounty court
Sits in San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa and San Jose and posts judges' and 341 meeting calendars, local rules, forms and guidance for people filing without an attorney.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCounty court
Judicial Branch guide to looking up a California case: county courts keep the records, so start on the court's website or with its clerk; juvenile and adoption files are confidential.
Open official site California Courts Self Help GuideVital records
Order certified copies of California birth, death and marriage records from the state Office of Vital Records, with fees, forms and processing times.
Open official site California Department of Public Health Vital RecordsState records
The California Department of Justice unit that helps police locate missing people and identify unknown persons; its missing persons database, searchable by name, county and description, holds a subset of reported cases.
Open official site California DOJ Missing and Unidentified Persons SectionPolice & jail
FBI San Francisco Field Office posters for wanted fugitives, kidnapped and missing persons, cyber suspects and cases where agents ask the public for information; tips can be sent through tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI San Francisco Wanted and Missing PersonsPolice & jail
California Department of Justice listing of registered sex offenders that state law allows it to disclose; some registrants are left out, and registrants who use the search face a fine or jail.
Open official site California Megan's Law WebsiteFederal
QuickFacts table from the Census Bureau for Arcata city, California, with a 2025 population estimate of 19,047 and figures on age, race and Hispanic origin, housing, income, poverty and land area.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Arcata city government, phone 707-822-5951, with council agendas and archives, permits and complaints, utility bill payment, water and sewer signup, bids, a staff directory and recreation.
Open official site City of ArcataCity records
Arcata City Manager: Public information and records 736 F Street Arcata, CA 95521 T: (707) 822-5953 F: (707) 822-8018 Email: citymgr@cityofarcata.org.
Open official site Arcata City ManagerEverything else, organized
13 more Arcata sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Arcata, a place of 18,857 people, is in Humboldt County, whose county seat is Eureka. Court and property records sit with Humboldt County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Arcata's own offices are in the cards above, and our Humboldt County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 3 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 2 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 1 site producing when the record was made. The mineral the records name is Iron.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
California abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 8 investigations with a Arcata address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $121,143 in back wages agreed for 27 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danco Builders Northwest | 1 | $116,890 | 14 |
| Rip Tide Cafe | 1 | $2,645 | 12 |
| United Indian Health Services, Inc. | 2 | $1,607 | 1 |
| The Sun Valley Group, Inc. | 3 | $0 | 0 |
| Zhao & Wang Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Arcata, by back wages agreed; 3 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The California wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in California is run by the California Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Arcata.
Deeds for property in Arcata are recorded by the Humboldt County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Humboldt County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in California come from the state vital records office, California Department of Public Health Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.